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Who's Who in Hell: A Handbook and International Directory for Humanists, Freethinkers, Naturalists, Rationalists, and Non-Theists. By Warren Allen Smith. New York: Barricade Books, 2000. 1,260 p. $125 (ISBN 1-56980-158-4). www.anarki.net/barricade.
As one might ascertain from its tongue-in-cheek title, Who's Who in Hell is a work that does not take itself too seriously. Filled with colorful quotes and humorous asides, this work provides interesting browsing material for believers and nonbelievers alike. Who's Who in Hell is constructed like a reference work, and it provides potentially useful biographical information in an accessible way. The editor even says in the introduction that the work is intended to provide a "starting point for ... further research."
However, the work is clearly intended to entertain as much as to inform. The work deviates often from the...